3rd France-UK workshop on Inertial Fusion Energy & High Energy Density Science
Paris (France)
27-28 Apr 2026
Program
9:30
Lightwave-controlled relativistic plasma-mirror at kHz repetition rate on a liquid sheet target
9:30 - 10:00 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Stefan Haessler (LOA, France)
9:30 - 10:00 (30min)
Lightwave-controlled relativistic plasma-mirror at kHz repetition rate on a liquid sheet target
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Stefan Haessler (LOA, France)
10:00
Extreme focusing and strong-field QED using petawatt electron and laser beams
10:00 - 10:30 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Sébastien Corde (LOA, France)
10:00 - 10:30 (30min)
Extreme focusing and strong-field QED using petawatt electron and laser beams
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Sébastien Corde (LOA, France)
10:30
Controlling the rising edge of relativistically intense laser pulses for transmitted coherent synchrotron emission
10:30 - 11:00 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Mark Yeung (QUB, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 (30min)
Controlling the rising edge of relativistically intense laser pulses for transmitted coherent synchrotron emission
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Mark Yeung (QUB, UK)
11:00
11:00 - 11:30 (30min)
Coffee break
Salle Marie Curie
11:30
Ultrafast materials science for harmonic generation in the efficiency limit from relativistic laser plasmas
11:30 - 12:00 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Brendan Drommey (QUB, UK)
11:30 - 12:00 (30min)
Ultrafast materials science for harmonic generation in the efficiency limit from relativistic laser plasmas
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Brendan Drommey (QUB, UK)
12:00
Towards experimental observation of strong-field QED effects in ultra-relativistic plasmas
12:00 - 12:30 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Chris Ridgers (York U., UK)
12:00 - 12:30 (30min)
Towards experimental observation of strong-field QED effects in ultra-relativistic plasmas
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Chris Ridgers (York U., UK)
12:30
Efficiency-optimised relativistic plasma harmonics for extreme fields
12:30 - 13:00 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Robin Timmis (Oxford U., UK)
12:30 - 13:00 (30min)
Efficiency-optimised relativistic plasma harmonics for extreme fields
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Robin Timmis (Oxford U., UK)
13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30 (1h30)
13:00 - 14:30 (1h30)
Lunch
14:30
LPI-studies using high power structured light
14:30 - 15:00 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Ramy Aboushelbaya (Oxford U., UK)
14:30 - 15:00 (30min)
LPI-studies using high power structured light
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Ramy Aboushelbaya (Oxford U., UK)
15:00
Harnessing high power lasers wavefront and stability : from vortex pulses in the EUV range to deflection of light by light in vacuum
15:00 - 15:30 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Olivier Guilbaud (IJCLab, France)
15:00 - 15:30 (30min)
Harnessing high power lasers wavefront and stability : from vortex pulses in the EUV range to deflection of light by light in vacuum
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Olivier Guilbaud (IJCLab, France)
15:30
Magnetic field from helical plasma waves driven by spatio-temporal Light Springs
15:30 - 16:00 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Jérémy La Porte (LULI, France)
15:30 - 16:00 (30min)
Magnetic field from helical plasma waves driven by spatio-temporal Light Springs
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Jérémy La Porte (LULI, France)
16:00
16:00 - 16:30 (30min)
Coffee break
Salle Marie Curie
16:30
Laser generated gravity waves
16:30 - 17:00 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Eduard Atonga (Oxford U., UK)
16:30 - 17:00 (30min)
Laser generated gravity waves
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Eduard Atonga (Oxford U., UK)
17:00
Ultra-high frequency gravitational waves from (twisted) light beams: where do we stand?
17:00 - 17:30 (30min)
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Killian Martineau (Grenoble-Alps U., France)
17:00 - 17:30 (30min)
Ultra-high frequency gravitational waves from (twisted) light beams: where do we stand?
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Killian Martineau (Grenoble-Alps U., France)
17:30
17:30 - 17:40 (10min)
Closing
Amphithéatre Gustave Roussy
Peter Norreys
